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feb 6, 1854 - John Snow

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Snow believed that cholera was caused by dirty water and not miasma. He had authorities remove the handle on a pump on Broad Street in Soho. 60% of the people who drank from this pump had cholera

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feb 6, 1854
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~ 171 years ago